Chapter 35
Last time, Weiss and Yang are about to face each other in the Mikoto City Pokemon Contest with Weiss using Blade and Yang using Chimmy.
"Who do you think will win?" Ruby asked Blake while sitting down on one of the benches in the prep-room.
"From what I gathered, Chimmy is both a fire and fighting-type pokemon." Blake continues to look at the screen while explaining. "Blade is a ghost and steel-type pokemon. Chimmy has the advantage at being a fire-type pokemon since steel-types are weak against fire. Yet Blade's ghost-typing gives him an advantage over Chimmy's fighting-typing since ghost-types are immune to fighting-type moves."
"So basically, it is an even match." Ruby pointed out.
"Pretty much.
"Begin!"
"Chimmy, use flamethrower!" Yang ordered. Chimmy jumps and spins in the air while using flamethrower. He is engulf in a spiral of flames while spinning towards Blade. This caused Weiss to loose some points.
"Dodge it and use autotomize!" Blade dodges Chimmy's attack which caused Yang to loose little points then use autotomize. His body glows red with the sound of gears being accelerated and then starts to shine a silvery aura while dancing around in the arena. Then the aura is shattered into bits and pieces which decreases his weight and increases his speed. Then Yang looses more points.
"Now use aerial ace!"
"Dodge it!"
Blade goes at super fast speeds, creating zigzags in the air then proceeds to strike down Chimmy. But Chimmy does a somersault on the ground as Blade hits the ground hard which both trainers lost some points evenly.
"Use fury cutter!" Weiss ordered. Blade's, well, blade part glows white and about to strike at Chimmy.
"Use mach punch to deflect!" Yang ordered. One of Chimmy's fists started to glow light blue and repel Blades' attack.
Blade continues to attack with fury cutter while Chimmy keeps on using mach punch. It almost looks like a duel between someone wielding a sword while the opponent is using some armored gauntlet.
"Hang on." Ruby says as she looks at Blake. "I thought fighting-type moves have no effect on Blade."
Blake looks at Ruby with a smiling expression. "That is true. But fury cutter is a bug-type move, not a ghost-type. Bug-types aren't very effective against fighting-types and fire-types. Which is why Chimmy can use mach punch on Blade."
"I see. So that's how it works."
Back at the fight, Yang ordered, "Use flame wheel!" Chimmy then started to use somersaults until he is engulfed in flames and spins right at Blade.
"Dodge it, then use shadow sneak!" Blade dodges to the right of Chimmy's incoming flaming wheel.
"Now use flamethrower!" Chimmy stopped and unleashes a barrage of heat from his flamethrower at Blade. Blade gets burned by Chimmy then continues to use shadow sneak and struck right back at Chimmy with a ghostly shadow.
Both of them have been hit hard by each other's attacks and have been knocked into the ground. Both Weiss and Yang are now tied in points but time is running out with only one minute left on the clock. Both of them try to get up with Chimmy struggling and Blade barely able to stay afloat. With less than a minute on the clock, there is no backing out now.
"Chimmy! Use mach punch with flamethrower!" Yang ordered Chimmy to do a fancy move.
Chimmy then stands back up with a red aura surrounding him. Chimmy has his blaze ability activated, which means that Chimmy's fire-type move is now boosted while he raises a fist. However, it is not mach punch being used. His fist started to glow red rather than light blue. The fist then gets engulfed in fire and proceeds to smack Blade where his eye is that sent Blade flying into a wall. With that, Chimmy has learned fire punch but has forgotten feint along with Blade fainted. There are only fifteen seconds on the clock, but that doesn't matter when one pokemon is down and out.
"Yang and Monferno win!" Vivian announces Yang as the winner with the audience cheering for her victory. "Yet another unexpected and daring finish! What an amazing battle!"
Jordan has tears as he claps his hands, "Yes, yes, yes! That was a magnificent fight between two friends! Fantastico!"
Mr. Suziko, "A clash between two friends and their pokemon. Remarkable."
Then Nurse Joy, "Never thought I get to see a Monferno using a fire punch without a need of a TM or breeding. Guess the mach punch combined with the flamethrower must have allowed Monferno to learn fire punch naturally. Don't know how, but that is a special Monferno Yang has."
"With that much praise, Yang can now proceed to the finals! But don't turn-off your sets at home! We may have another friend vs. friend battle on the way if Blake Belladonna makes it to the finals!"
Some of Yang's new fans whistle and many yelling, "WE LOVE YOU!" and some young man goes, "PLEASE MARRY ME!"
Yang just smiles and waves at her new adoring fans. There are some Weiss fans and they all cheer her up. Not that she needs any, but it is nice.
Blake then fought against a young man dressed in a Team Valor outfit and won against his Hitmontop with her Oricorio, which is still part ghost-type. Now let us move on to the main event.
"Now for the main event! Another friend vs friend battle here at the Mikoto City Pokemon Contest! Will it be the beautiful Yang Xiao Long?! Or will it be the mysterious Blake Belladonna?!"
The crowd cheers in anticipation for the last and final round. Both Yang and Blake pull out their pokeballs and are ready to begin.
"Go, Xiao!" Yang says as she throws her pokeball.
"Go, Frogadier!" Blake also throws her pokeball.
Both pokemon pop out with Xiao doing a ballerina twirl with hearts and Frogadier doing a fancy somersault with bubbles.
"Begin!" Vivian says as the countdown timer starts ticking.
"Xiao, use pin missile!" Xiao's horn starts to glow white and six lighting-bolt like projectiles from its horn.
"Use quick attack!" Blake ordered. Frogadier knows what to do and quickly grabbed all the pin missiles with his hands. All six of them. Then throws them back at Xiao that causes Xiao to roll back a few. Then hits him with a quick attack by kneeing Xiao right in the belly. Frogadier jumps back and stands like he is a Greninja.
Xiao gets back-up and stands ready with a stern look on his face. "Use night slash!" Yang ordered. Xiao's horn glows purple and becomes sharper and more menacing. Xiao charges right at Frogadier with the attacking horn.
"Use quick attack!" Blake ordered. Frogadier jumped high into the air and slams right down on Xiao's blocking horn. Almost as if he can do aerial ace
The two are locked as each one of them try to see which one will falter.
"Use lick!" Frogadier whipped out his long tongue and lick Xiao's face.
"Use brick break!" Xiao's left hand glows white and tries to repel Frogadier's tongue.
Xiao and Frogadier keep on fighting while being flashy for the audience. Frogadier keeps on using fancy ninja-style acrobatics to avoid all of Xiao's attacks. Xiao keeps on dodging by flying around with his wings.
With only thirty seconds on the clock, it is do or die. Both pokemon are bruised and are almost exhausted after doing so many fancy moves and taking blows from each other. One more blow to one of them, and it will be all over.
"Xiao, use aerial ace!"
"Frogadier use quick attack!"
Both pokemon charged at each other with blinding speed at hit each other. There was a pause for a moment before they pass each other. The two dashed by each other and land on either side of the arena. For a few seconds, they just stand there until Frogadier kneeled down. Xiao looks back and grins. But he has fainted.
"Blake is the winner! She has won!" Vivian screamed through the microphone to announce Blake's victory.
Blake takes it all in as the crowd cheers for her victory.
Jordan stands on top of his chair and tears start streaming down his face, "What a magnificent battle between two friends! If was magnifique!"
Mr. Sukizo, "Super remarkable!" he says as he claps his hands.
Nurse Joy claps as she says, "That was a splendid battle. A little rough around the edges, but a magnificent battle between two close friends."
Yang withdrew Xiao back in his pokeball and went, "Oh well. It was a good battle."
"Aww, man." Ruby went after seeing her sister lost. "But Blake won." she says cheerfully.
Now the award ceremony. Vivian stands with the case holding the contest ribbon in it. The ribbon is light brown with crimson edges with a golden hour glass shape with a tiara at the center of the bow. The three judges stand behind Vivian as she presents the award.
"Blake Belladonna." Vivian says to Blake while holding the case. "You have won the Mikoto City Contest Ribbon. Congratulations!"
Blake takes the ribbon from its case and shows it to everyone. Everyone cheered along with the rest of Team RWBY who are lined up and clapping with the other coordinators. Around sunset, everyone got changed and are about head towards the Pokemon Center.
"Uuuuggghhhh!" Ruby went as she leans on Yang's shoulder. "So tired." Ruby says in a tired and almost whiny voice. Because is exhausted and barely able to move.
"You're tired?! I'm tired!" Yang says to her little sister. "How can you be tired when I'm the one who made it to the finals?"
"We were at the edge of our seats when you and Blake went all out." Weiss explains.
"So where to next?" Yang asked.
"To the Pokemon Center first." Ruby says to Yang. "I'm hungry."
"I can use a bite." Weiss agrees with Ruby.
Blake then comes up with an idea. "How about tomorrow, we go to the hot springs resort we heard so much about? We can use a little break."
The three gasps happily at Blake's suggestion. Then the three say in unison, "YES!" as loudly as they can.
"Then we will go tomorrow morning then."
On the rooftops, a black hooded figure watches them with another black hooded figure that is slightly taller than the first.
"Why did you do that?" the tall figured asked.
"Do what?" the shorter one responds.
"Do the homing attack with ancient power."
Back during Blake and Ruby's right, the regular hooded figure was hiding high above the battle right before Blake ordered ancient power. When Minior uses it, the figure pulls out his hand and it started glowing pink. The orb missed then hits Ruby's Foxy after a wave of his hand.
We cut back to the present where the man says, "I just did it for fun. Plus, she is kinda cute. I wanna see the look on her face when she wins." His tone sounded laid-back and not exactly all that caring.
"Your job is to monitor them!" the tall hooded figure says angrily. "Only move in to help when necessary! That was not necessary!"
"Fine, fine. In the meantime, I get to see the hotsprings."
Who are these mysterious beings? Why have they taken an interest in Team RWBY? But will Team RWBY have a chance to relax in the Onsen Resort? Tune in next time!
AN: Hey guys! I'm back! I had a very good time at camp! Now I'm glad to be behind the screen again to make more stories for you guys. Expect more!